Scudder.] 40 [December 6, 



Texas; frequently attracted to the light from May to August, 

 G. W. Belfrage ; also collected by J. Boll, June 13 to 26. 



Aegipan phalangium. Very similar to A. grallator -with pre- 

 cisely similar markings, excepting that the abdomen appears to lack 

 the lateral stripe ; the tegmina, wings and legs, are distinctly longer ; 

 the tympanum of the male tegmina is shorter than the pronotum ; 

 the male cerci are stouter, and the subgenital plate is squarely 

 docked at tip, the base of the apical denticles being widely separated; 

 the ovipositor of the female is formed as in A . grallator, but is broader, 

 being scarcely longer than broad. Length of body, cf, 15.5 mm., ?> 

 19 mm.; of antenna?, cf, 68 mm., ?, 61 mm. ; of tegmina, cf, 29 mm., 

 ?, 30.5 mm.; of wings, cf, 36.5 mm., ?, 37.5 mm.; of hind tibiae, cf, 

 41 mm., 9, 41.5 mm. ; of ovipositor, ?, 5.2 mm. 



A few specimens were taken in Georgia by H. K. Morrison. 



Caloptenus clypeatus. Brownish testaceous. Front of head 

 varying from dull luteous to dull reddish brown, faintly dotted with 

 fuscous ; tips of mandibles and lower edge of labrum marked with 

 black; antennae luteous, infuscated on the apical third. Top of head 

 and pronotum dotted faintly with fuscous, the deflected lobes of the 

 latter paler, marked next the lateral carinae with a black streak, 

 which narrows and disappears posteriorly, broadens anteriorly, and 

 extends slightly upon the head. Tegmina a little shorter than the 

 body, the costal field dark testaceous, the central field blackish, and 

 the anal field light testaceous or wood brown. Front and middle 

 legs of the color of the body; hind femora blackish on their outer 

 face (the inferior outer carina yellow), black interrupted with luteo- 

 testaceous on the inner face, beneath vinous red; hind tibiae varying 

 from vinous to coral red, the spines black. Vertex between the eyes 

 a little (cf) or much (?) broader than the basal antennal joint, very 

 slightly depressed centrally, at least in the male ; frontal costa broad, 

 subequal, slightly depressed at the ocellus. Pronotum .scarcely en- 

 larging posteriorly, even, with but slight transverse incisions and a 

 slight median carina, equal in the female, interrupted slightly in the 

 middle third in the male ; lateral carina? indistinct, rounded. Teg- 

 mina bent rather distinctly between the middle and anal fields ; wings 

 reaching the tip of the closed tegmina. Hind femora long, but mod- 

 erately stout. Abdomen of male considerably thickened at the tip, 

 forming a subglobose mass; supra-anal plate of same sex shield- 

 shaped, being triangularly produced at the extreme tip, narrowly 

 aud deeply sulcate down the middle ; anal cerci of male stout, com- 



